Hand-stamp



C. H. NYE.

HAND STAMP.

(No Model.)

Patented Dec. 5, 1882.

. My 0 M UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. NYE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES J. BEL-- i KNAP, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HAND-STAMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,526, dated December 5, 1882,

Application filed May 29, 1882. (No mode1.)

To all whom it may concern 'Oincinnati, Hamilton county, State of Ohio,

have invented a certain .new and useful Improvement in Hand-Stamps, of which the following is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which-- Figure 1 is an isometrical'pcrspcctive View; Fig. 2, a bottom view, and Fig. 3 a vertical longitudinal sectional view.

Like letters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the different figures ot' the drawings.

My invention relates to that class of handstamps which are provided with flexible hanstamp proper.

dies; and itconsisls inanovelconstruction and arrangement of the parts, as hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed, by which a more effective device of this character is produced than is now in ordinary use.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the stamp; B, the handle, and G the die or The handle and body may be made of wood or metal, as preferred; but the die O is composed of either elastic rubber or metal in the usual manner, no novelty being claimed for these parts of the stamp when in and of themselves considered.

Much difticulty has heretofore been expert enced'iu stamps of this character on account of the handle being rigidly connected to the body, so that in the use ot' the stamp, when all parts of the face of the die were not brought into contact at the same time with the article being stamped, the impression would be imperfect, for reasons that will be readily obvious to all conversant with such matters without a more explicit description. To obviate this ditficulty I connect the handle and body of the stamp by means of the flexible rubber shank D, which yields as the die 0 strikes the article being stamped and permits the die to make a perfect impression, the

handle being deflected in the operation, as

shown by the dotted lines a in Fig. 1.

I It is preferable, in constructing my stamp, to employ'a short section of rubber'tubing or pipe and connect the parts as shown in Fig. 3, the body A being bored to receive the pipe, which is secured therein by the slightly conical plug (1, and the handle having a stud, m, on its lower end, which fits closely in the upper end of the pipe forming the shank. In all cases the handle should be slightly elevated above the body A to permit of free vibratory movements, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1.

Having thus explained my improvement,

what Iclaim is-- In a hand-stamp substantially such as described, the body A and handle B, connected by the tube or hollow flexible shank D, as shown in Fig. 3, the handle being secured to the shank by the stud m, and the shank secured in the body by the conical plug d, all substantially as specified.

CHARLES H. NYE. Witnesses:

O. A. SHAW, DANIEL B. WHITTIER. 

